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Specicatlon o! Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

application mea men s, 1914. serial n. saam.

To all 'whom it may concern Beit known that I, GENERAL M. Drrro, a citizen of the .United States, residing at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Manipulators, of which the followingis a specification.

This inventionl relates particularly to4 whip-manipulators adapted for use where the horses .are so far removed from the driver as to render at impracticable to hold the whip directly in the hand.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved and simpliied device which operates in an improved manner.

The improved device may be mounted in any suitable position, for instance, upon the evener of a pair of whime-tre; and the improved device is provided with a whipholder which is pivotally mounted preferably on a swiveledhead and actuated by a iexible shaft, which serves both to turn the swiveled head to the desired Aposition to bring the whip over any selected horse, and serves also to actuate the whip-holder inavertcalplanetocausethewhipto strike the horse.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred t in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 rep'rents a broken elevational view showing my improved whipmanipu lator mounted upon an evener, which is shown in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device, taken on the dotted line 2 of Fig. 3; F' 3 is a rear elevation of the device; and ig. 4, a broken horizontal.

section takenpas indicated at line 4 of Fig-L In the illustration given, the device comprisesabaseorstandardAequipped atts upper end with a xedly-secured, curved, hollow swivel-member A'; B, a head or swivel-member mounted on the member A' andadatedtoturnaboutavertilaxis and a w p-holder connected by a pivot 1 to the upper end of the member B; and D, a ilexible shaft connected with the whip-v holder and extending through the hollow member A' which therefore acts as a guide for the gibhhshat. The e'ilshaf'll) is equip wi an actuatingr e standard A. is shown as comprising a tubular member whose lower end is received in a base-plate 2.- Through the base-plate 2 extendsaheadlbolt3whicha1soproa slotted member 19 which is jects into the lower end of the tubular standi ard and is secured by a lateral set-screw 4 whlch pases through the boss of the plate 2 and through the tubular member and engases the bolt 3. In the illustration given, the bolt 3 serves as a clevis pin connecting the eveuer- 5 of the whims-trees to the clevis 6.

'Ifhc base-plate 2 is provided with perforations 2*, by4 means of which the baseplate may be secured directly" to the eveuer or any other suitable support by means of screws, when desired. In such ease, the bolt 3 may be dispensed with.

The curved tubular member A.' is provided wlth a shank? which is secured in the upper end of the standard A, The tubular member A. 1s of approximately elbow shape, having the upturned end 8 upon which the member B is swiveled, and 'having the rearwardly-turned lower end 9 through which the lower end of the flexible shaft is adapted to extend.' i

The member B has the tubular baseportion 10 adapted to turn on the up r end 8 of the member A', and is provigd with a stopll adapted to engage shoulders 12 which the ypart 8 is provided, so as to hmit the swivel movement of the member B. The member B is further provided wlth arms or furcations 13 which extend upwardly from the tubular-member support the pivot 1 upon which the whlp-h'older C 'is mounted. A coil-spring M serves tothrow' the whip-holder to the standing position shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I The whip-holder has a .baseportion connected with a pivot 1 and has a laterallyopened socket 15 adapted to receive the butt of the whip 18 which is secured in place by a clamping-member 17. The whip-holder is provided with a :forwardly-preieatingl arm 18 whlch is embraced bv the furcatins of securedto theupperendoftheexi leghaft Dandconnectedwiththearmbya pivot 20.

'Ihe lower end of the flexible shaft is equipped with a Iixedly-secured socket 21 which receives the adjacent end of the rod D', the parts bein secured together by a cotter-pin 22 whi bears against the end 9 of the tubular member A whm the whpholder'is thrown to the vertical posrtlon by thesvpringl. TherodD'maybeofany -the whi to the standing suitable len and is e 'pped' at its rear end with a. andle 23, w h should be located within convenient reach of the driver. In the use of the device, the driver turns the rod D' in such direction as to cause the swiveled-member B to turn to the proper 'tion to bring the whi over any selected lelnrse, and the drtiger luen ulls th-1 rod, tere Swingin ew`p ownwar yso that iis? will strike the horse. When the yhandle 23 is released, the spring 14 turns position. It will' be no from Fig. 2 that by reason of the lateral projection of the arm 18 from the basertion of the whip-holder, the member mav he turned freely u n its vertical axis through the medium o the flexible shaft; also, that the whip-holder may be actuated freely, regardle of the position of the member B, the flexible shaft slipping freely through the member A' when the rod D' is pulled. The fore ing detailed description been given or clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as 'ble in view of the prior art. What I regard as new and dire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Ina deviceofthecharactersetforth, the combination of a suitable support equipped with a swivel-member, a swivelmember mounted thereon, a whip-holder mounted on said second-named swivel-member, a curved flexible shaft adapted to turn the second-named swivel-member on its axis and also to actuate the whip-holder, and a guide for the curved rtion of the shaft.

h2- 1111111: device f e character sldfort t eco inationo asupport p wi a tubular swivel-member, a sewqillel-member mounted thereon, a whip-holder movabelly connected with said secondswiv member, a iiexible shaft connected with said whip-holder extending through mid tubucopldtllhptenqbeebhincdfar the combination of a standard having its upper end equipped with a curved tubular swivel-member, a swivel-member mounted thereon, a whip-holder pivotally connected with said second swivel-member and equipped with a femenil-projectin arm, a flexible shaft lextending rough sai tubular swivel-member and having its upper end connected with said arm, and an actuating rod connected withsaid ilexble shaft.

4. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of 'a support equipped at its u per end with a 'swivel-member, a swive -member mounted thereone a whipholder pivotally mounted on said secondnamed swivel-member, a spring serving to more said whi holder to standing position, a exible sha havin engagement with said iirst-nam swivel-mem and adapted to tum the second-named swivelmember o`n iis axis and also to actuate the whip-holder, and an actuating rod connected with said exible shaft.

5. In a device of the character set forth, the combinationV of a supporting-member equip with a tubularswivel-member, a swive -member mounted thereon, stops serving to limit the rotation of said secondnamed swivelholder pivotally connected with named swivel-member, a flexible-shaft ex; tending through said first-named swivelmember and connected wit-h said whipholder and adapted to turn'the secondswivel-member on its axis and also to actuante the whip-holder, and an actuating-rod connected'with said iiexible shaft. GENERAL M. DITIO. In presence of O. C. Avisos, F. A. Emma...

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